The autobiography “Asphalte” byAndrea Dovizioso definitely makes us discover some great ones over the rider's five-year tenure at Ducati. After a passage on Lorenzo, a paragraph on Iannone, here are now lines on the state of the red house when he arrived in 2013. And the least we can say is that it was upside down after two years of lease Valentino Rossi.
Two seasons following the idyll Casey Stoner, marked by a world title. And if we are to believe the vice-world champion, a solid moral force was needed at the time of the inventory: “ When I arrived, I realized that everyone thought they had the right solution. There were small groups who worked in their own corner without listening to the others. It was obvious that the two years spent with Valentino Rossi had left their mark ».
« You didn't have to leave Saint Cyr to understand that nothing good would come of this chaos. Vittoriano Guareschi was one of two team managers who survived the Rossi purge. He tried to tune everyone in, but to no avail. They even thought about putting Stoner's bike back on the track, which was nonsense. When you're going down the wrong path, you can't change everything with the snap of a finger. On the contrary, we must work methodically and patiently climb back up the slope. ».
He finishes : " but they had no time to spare, they were in the ring, on the ropes, and they kept getting hit. I'm almost convinced that the bike Rossi left at Ducati after two years was worse than the one he found when he arrived. ". And then Gigi Dall'Igna arrived to put everyone back in the right direction…
